Table 2 Studies on congenital hypothyroidism
From: Trends of congenital hypothyroidism and inborn errors of metabolism in Pakistan
Diagnosis | Population | Sample size | Age range of presentation | Consanguinity | Genetic Methods for diagnosis | Biochemical methods for Diagnosis | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Congenital hypothyroidism | Karachi | 4 out of 5000 | Neonate birth to 1Â month | Not mentioned | Not Done | Thyroid function tests through immunoradiometric assay | [33] |
Congenital hypothyroidism | Karachi | 116 hypothyroid 46 with vitamin B12 deficiency | 19Â year to 91Â year | Not mentioned | Not Done | Thyroid function tests | [34] |
Congenital hypothyroidism | Karachi | 80 hypothyroid 80 normal mothers | 1 to 3Â month postpartum | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | Thyroid function tests | [35] |
Congenital hypothyroidism | Pediatric department PIMS Islamabad | 3 babies out of 1337 had CH | Neonates less than 8Â days | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | Thyroid function tests through immunoradiometric assay | [36] |
Congenital hypothyroidism | Gynae/Obs and Pediatric Shaikh Zayed Hospital and Jinnah Hospital, Lahore | 2 out of 1357 cases | neonates | 2 patients of CH | Not Mentioned | TSH levels | [37] |
Congenital hypothyroidism | Department of pediatrics Mayo hospital lahor | 4 out of 550 screened | Neonates 4th–7th day of life | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | Thyroid function tests through immunoradiometric assay | [38] |
Congenital hypothyroidism | Pathology Department of Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore in collaboration with Pediatrics and Gynecology & Obstetrics Department, Jinnah Hospital, Lahore Pakistan. Lahore | 3 hypothyroid out of 770 screened neonates | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | Serum TSH by immunoassay | [39] |
Congenital hypothyroidism | Karachi | 400 multiparous women |  < 26 to > 35 year | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | TSH screening done survey based | [40] |